It's good to be back. After using half-year release cycles for the RAP 2.x versions, taking a full year for RAP 3.0 felt eerily long. On the other hand I think it was exactly the time we needed to create a release that we can be proud of. While there was some debate the last time we increased the major version number (going from 1.x to...
Read MoreBy this time tomorrow, Eclipse Mars will have shipped. We will be enjoying many of the new features including improved Git support, docker tools, and a number of Java tool enhancements. But before Eclipse Mars ships, I still have two more entries in my Eclipse Mars 10 Top Features list. Number 2 on my list the automated error reporting. Instead of simply logging errors to the console,...
Read MoreWe've just returned home from our first enterJS conference in Darmstadt, Germany. EnterJS is all about JavaScript for the enterprise, and given the history of enterprise software, we weren't surprised to find many developers with the same Java background as us. Still, it's a pleasure when people at a JavaScript conference recognize you for your work in the Java and Eclipse world! We presented on J2V8,...
Read MoreAfter 12 months of work, almost 80 projects, 380 committers, 352 contributors, and 65 million lines of code, we've finally arrived at Eclipse release week. Eclipse will ship on Wednesday June 24th, and that means we've arrived at the Top 3 Features in my annual Eclipse Top 10 List. Eclipse has shipped with Git support since 2011. While the tool has improved significantly over the years, many developers...
Read MoreEclipse Mars is just around the corner. As the Eclipse team is hard at work putting the finishing touches on everything, I'm traveling Europe, presenting about Tabris.js and J2V8 and counting down the Top 10 Eclipse Mars features I'm most excited about. Throughout my day I work on several different projects. I'm responsible for Eclipse work, infrastructure, J2V8 builds and Tabris.js android integration. I work with...
Read MoreEclipse Mars will ship on Wednesday June 24th. While Eclipse can be used for C, C++, JavaScript, PHP and many other languages, many people still consider Eclipse a Java IDE, and a pretty darn good one too. As we inch closer to the release, and I continue my countdown of the Top 10 Eclipse Mars features, we finally come to Java improvements. Eclipse Luna (2014) shipped with...
Read MoreEclipse Mars ships in 1 week, and that means that we are at the half-way point in my Eclipse Mars Top 10 List. Number 6 on my list is a feature that's been in development for a while now and long overdue. In 2012 Eclipse launched a new application model called e4. The application can be designed through a series of UI models, styled using...
Read MoreWith just over one week until Eclipse Mars ships, I've been counting down the Eclipse Features I'm most excited about. Recently I've been working on JNI bindings for V8 to bring the V8 API to Java. Throughout this project I used the CDT for the C/C++ work and the JDT for the Java work. Because of this, I'm very happy to see improvements to the CDT...
Read MoreWe all hate waiting! The good news is that Eclipse Mars is only 1 1/2 weeks away and to help you while you wait for this great release, I'm reviewing the Top 10 Eclipse Mars features that I'm most excited about. But I digress. We all hate waiting; and what happens when your IDE makes you wait? From Mac's spinning beach ball of death to Window's unresponsive UI,...
Read MoreAs we push towards Eclipse Mars I've started my annual tradition of counting down the Top 10 Eclipse Features that I'm most excited about. Number 9 on my list is Platform Improvements. The Eclipse platform is the core of all Eclipse based applications and plugins. Improvements to the platform benefit us all. While it's often been argued that the Eclipse platform suffers from the tragedy of the...
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